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Wrocław, St. Elizabeth’s Church on Grabiszyńska Street

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One of two churches in Wrocław dedicated to St. Elizabeth of Hungary (the other is the basilica on the market square), built together with a monastery in 1893–1896 according to a neo-Gothic design by Joseph Ebers. In 1945, it was partially destroyed when the tower was blown up by Germans fortifying the area. It was gradually rebuilt over the following decades until 1981, when an openwork structure designed by Tadeusz Zipsera and Marek Dobrowolski was installed in place of the blown-up tower. The steel, red tower, which has become one of the most characteristic elements of the Wrocław skyline, has attracted both criticism and praise from architecture critics. However, similar openwork structures by Zips are usually met with a negative reception, such as the dome on the Church of Divine Providence (Wrocław) or the tower of the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Grajewo, which was dismantled in 2020. Address: 103 Grabiszyńska Street, Wrocław.

 

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